More Inktober iterations...

More weirdness with pen and ink. I've been using Kuretake Bimoji Brush Pens for the last couple of years, they seem to do the trick. Although they're starting to dry out. I'm also using a yellow marker to get a midtone, and to help me work out the forms from my rough sketches. Not to mention a gallon of white-out where I'm not sure.

Herman Bear and Athena contemplate an alien necklace
while exploring further on the planet Solstice.

It may be more trouble than it's worth!

My first successful Augmented Reality test with Unity and Vuforia

After following the tutorial from Playful Technology, I finally was able to get my first success in AR with the Unity game engine, along with the Vuforia software.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtiUx_szKbI

 

Still have a long way to go.

https://unity3d.com/

 

https://www.vuforia.com/

Inktober 2018 Part One - Bear & Dragon

I'm off to a late start, but here's to Inktober!

Insert your own dialogue for your enjoyment, see what you come up with.

 I'll try to do more.

Animation loses Claymation king Will Vinton

I have to admit, I wasn't a huge Will Vinton fan, but I was struck by some of his work. "Closed Mondays" was the first Vinton film I ever saw that didn't revolve around singing raisins, or other commercial characters.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoBmlbQApJE

 There were some various TV specials, and the series I remember was the "PJ's" created by Eddie Murphy. Vinton was listed as Executive Producer on a few episodes.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182621/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

 (original copyright Touchstone Television)

(Street Poster I found years ago in L.A. Haven't seen anything else like it.)

I was saddened to learn later that his studio was bought out by Phil Knight of Nike shoes, and Vinton was forced out. Vinton Studios eventually became Laika.

 https://priceonomics.com/how-the-father-of-claymation-lost-his-company/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-vinton-dead-oscar-winning-legend-claymation-was-70-1149596

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/will-vinton-stop-motion-legend-and-claymation-creator-dead-at-70-164928.html

 http://dorkshelf.com/2015/12/19/from-coraline-to-kubo-laika-is-the-stop-motion-studio-that-never-stops/

 

Correction: Vinton Studios were taken over by Travis Knight after they continued to lose money after his initial investment.

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/how-will-vinton-lost-his-studio-to-a-rapper-named-chilly-tee-99327.html